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Both pyrolysis and incineration steps have been considered as the key solid waste processing step for a Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS). Pyrolysis is more amenable to handling mixed solid waste streams in a microgravity environment, but produces a more complex product stream. Incineration produces a simpler product stream, but the incineration of mixed solids is a complex unit op ...

The NASA objective of expanding the human experience into the far reaches of space will require the development of regenerable life support systems. On-board carbon dioxide (CO2) removal units play a key role in such systems ensuring high quality cabin air for crew members. Similar but more compact units are needed for extravehicular activities (space suit). The overall objective is to develop a C ...

Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (AFR) has developed a technology to provide radiation shielding, while simultaneously increasing the capacity of hydrogen storage tanks. This technology uses carbon foam filler with a complex pore structure (?microporosity?). The tank with the filler has, counter-intuitively, more capacity to store hydrogen than an otherwise empty tank. This technology increases hydrog ...

Technical AbstractApplicote Associates proposes a 6 month $70K program to establish thefeasibility of controlled laser doping of silicon carbide as an enablingprocess step for the fabrication of advanced microelectronics and sensorsrequiring thermal management, high temperature stability, high power, longlife, radiation hardness and nanoscale features. Doping, is the focus ofthis project with the ...

Chesapeake PERL is a contract manufacturing company using the baculovirus expression system for mass production of proteins in lepidopterous insect larvae. PERL's automated in-line insect mass rearing and inoculation systems enables the production oflarge quantities of complex, biologically fully functional proteins. The baculovirus expression system as developed in the eighties and nineties is ...

The objective of the proposed effort is to develop a novel technology that will provide a unique and powerful alternative to conventional flow cytometry. This new system, which we call a cytometer on a chip will spatially sort cells on a microarray chip based on the presence of specific cell surface receptors or other surface features. Detection and quantitation is accomplished with grating-couple ...

The proposed innovation is a solution that combines efficient dynamicallyreconfigurable embedded software and extensions to model-based reasoning (MBR)to enable on-board planning, real-time control, and failure management of complex autonomous systems. The solution leverages Embedded Research Solutions (ERS)'s expertise in the area of embedded real-time systems and merges recent advances by Johns ...

SAR target/feature detection can be divided into to separate aspects: 1) achieving sufficient energy on target for detection; and 2) discriminating the target from the clutter. Let's assume that there is sufficient target return to overcome the thermalnoise floor. Then target detection is solely dependent upon separating the target from the forest clutter. VSAR offers significant benefits for ...

This Phase II proposal describes the development of a comprehensive, field-ready, computer-based simulation for training in therapeutic ureteroscopy. Built on a foundation for simulating diagnostic ureteroscopy, the Phase II design combines elements fromtwo recently advanced simulation platforms for training in operative hysteroscopy and endovascular procedures. Primary hardware challenges include ...

Objective is to significantly enhance the ability to describe, catalog, search and retrieve images through the use of rich annotations (RA) of features in an image. Traditional approaches rely on text-based notes and keywords in metadata; proposed approach will use annotation layer (AL). AL contains drawings and icons to mark features, and domain specific properties to describe the features. Prope ...